.... there must be something special with today ... :-) nice one
Detlef On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:39:14 +0200 Julien Barnier <jul...@no-log.org> wrote: > Dear org-moders, > > Today is quite a special day for me, and for many of org-mode users I > think, because I'm going to introduce a project that, I believe, could > really help to promote and transform org-mode as a major killer-app. > > It has been a long time since I think about it, but now I am going to > fork the org-mode project. I say "fork", but I should better say > "clone", because the idea is to reimplement org-mode from scratch > while keeping the same features, and much more. > > Why restart from scratch ? Because I think that org-mode should be > easier to install and run on different OSes. That's why I'm going to > rewrite it in C#/Mono : this will assure that the new project can run on > every machine you can think about, and it would be much lighter on > resources (especially memory) than Emacs. > > Another major change from the current org-mode will be the shortcuts > and general organization of the interface. Because Emacs keys are > really to complicated and quite outdated, I'm going to reimplement > org-mode with a modern graphical interface, which would be almost > exclusively mouse driven. I also plan to add some 3D compiz-like > effects that would allow some text animation or blinking in order to > make tags and keywords more visible. > > As you see, the project is already quite advanced and mature. The last > thing I have to do is to find a name for it. I was thinking of > "smog-mode", or maybe "frog-mode", but I'm open to any suggestion. > > And, of course, feel free to join your forces to this bright new > project ! > > Sincerely, > > -- > Julien > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Please use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
